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Parish Funding Officer. Hours per week, over three days. Stewardship Gift Aid Funding for Projects Training Together Governance VAT. Provincial Stewardship Executive / GenRus. Organise venue Get agenda produced, agreed and circulated Arrange visiting speakers Take minutes
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Parish Funding Officer Hours per week, over three days Stewardship Gift Aid Funding for Projects Training Together Governance VAT
Provincial Stewardship Executive / GenRus • Organise venue • Get agenda produced, agreed and circulated • Arrange visiting speakers • Take minutes • Produce minutes and distribute • Only two paid officers so generally share work arising
Use Networks • GenRus • Senior Staff • Steering Groups/Standing Committee • Provincial Staff • Parishes • National Stewardship Officer • North West Stewarship
Toolkit • Website • Training Sessions • E-Newsletter • Pro-formas • Email • Twitter • Meetings @ Office instead of parish • Diary Management
What I Try To Provide • Acknowledgement • Motivation • Inspiration • Resources • Encouragement • Celebration
Typical Parish • Meet with cleric (office – daytime) • Meet with parish (parish – evening) • GFL Questionnaire • Dragons Den • Present GFL • Let them identify gaps • Play DVD to inspire (Rich or Today by Rob Bell) • Recruit Task Group
Typical Parish • Meet with task group (in parish daytime or evening) • Identify jobs to be done • Identify responsible people • Set deadlines • Meet with task group • Check progress • Meet with cleric to discuss preaching/teaching
Giving For Life In A Typical Parish • Work on articulating vision by task group • Quick and dirty • Strategic and comprehensive • Decide on which resources are appropriate • Investing In Mission • Giving In Grace • Seasons of Giving • Preaching and Teaching by cleric • Thank yous by Gift Aid Secretary